Removable upholstery for vehicles.



J. LEDWI REMOVBLE UPHOLSTE R VEHICLES.

APPLcAToN HLED MAR. 21, es.

Patented Feb. 5, 19118.

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REMovABLE uPHoLsTERY FOR vEHcLEs.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1916.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

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GT PHHDDELPHIA, JPENN'SYLVANIA, ASSIGNQR TO EDWARD G.

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EEMOWMLE WHOLSTERY FR, VEHICLES.

tpectfication of Letters Patent.

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ttriatnal appltoatton tled January 2%, 1916, Serial No. 73,628. Diviet and this application filefl March 2211, 1916. serial No. 85,596.

Upholstery for Vehicles, ot which the folllti.

lowing is a specification..

` This. invention relates to removable upholstery for vehicles and other purposes;

The object of the invention is to provide a cushion or upholstery unit for vehicles or a other purposes which may be easily and readily removable from the vehicle body and replaced in lace..

LA further ob]ect of the invention is to provide a vehicle body structure having dll means to receive the upholstery or cushion frame and means for removably securing such frame in position.

ther objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

'llhe invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, location and relative'arrangement of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the accompanying drawings and finally pointed ont in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawingsz- Figure 1 is a view in perspectire of a eushion or upholstery frame unit of the required shape to form a seat back cushion for an automobile body, the upholstery being omitted. o a

llig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal sectional riew of the rear seat portion of a vehicle body showing the seat back cushion or upholstery frame unit applied in place in accordance with my intentiono lFig. 3 is a brolren view in front eleyation, parts of the `vehicle bodya being in vertical transverse section on the line 3, 3, 2.

The same part is designated by the same reference numeral whererer it oeeurs throughout the several views.

i ln my pending application erial No, 56,967, filed ct; 20, l'lli, ll have shown, describe/d elaimed atructtne et metal vehicle body composed of stampings pressed to the required shape and contour and integrally united to form the body of an automoble, and wherein the upper edges of the seat back and side panels are formed with inverted channels to lend strength and rigidity' to the body, although composed wholly of sheet metal stampings integrally secured together, to take and resist wholly thus providing for the ready, easy and con-,

venient removal and replacement of the cushion or upholstery frame. ln carrying" out my invention, in one form of enbodim ment thereof, l provide a cushion frame constructed as a unit and composed of the upper and lower members 10-11, which are bent into the general contonr of the rear portion of an automobile body seat. rl`hese frame members are connected together by vertical metal bars 12, which are also connected together by cross members lt, 'the whole conn stitutes a fierible metallic frame unit which may be easily bent longitndinally into the proper conteur of the side and back of the seat shell of an automobile or other `ivehicle body. Cnshion Springs l are attached to the cnshion frame and over these Springs and the frame the upholstery or trim is applied inany suitable or convenient manner as indicated at lo. The body seat back shell. of the autoniobile is indicatcd at ll', rthe shell or panel l' at its upper edge is formed into an in'verted interierly presenting chan nel l, thereby Jforrning` a seat in. which the of the oaahdon or aphalstey dll,

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verted channel at the upper edge of the seat Laeaeaa frame may be received. In order to easily and readily detach, remove and replace the cushion frame unit with its upholstery or trim, I provide adjustabl'e supports for the lower edge of. said frame when applied to the shell. In the particular form shown, to which, however, my invention isnot to be limited or restricted, threaded socket pieces 19 are pivotally connected adjacent the bottom edge of the body shell or to lugs 20 attaehed to the floor of the automobile body at suitable points directly beneath the inpanel. Supporting forks 21 are mounted adjustably in the sockets 19, and these forks form seats to receive the lower edge of the cushion frame. When the cushion frame is to be applied to the body shell its upper edge is inseljled in the inverted channel and its lower edge' is seated in the fork arms 21. By suitably adjusting the fork arms in the socket pieces, the upper edge of the cushion frame unit is forced snugly and neatly home in the inverted channel and held in place therein by the forks 0r supports 21. By reversing this operation, that is, by backing oif the supports 21, the cushion frame unit may be detached and removed. The structure described eliminates all wood parts heretofore commonly employed in connection with the upholstery or cushions of automobile bodies as well as the necessityfor special constructions for securing the upholstery to the seat back panel of the body. It also enables the automobile body to be made up complete and the cushion frame unit with their trim or upholstery applied thereto to be made up and carried in stock, and such cushion frame unit is applied to the body when the latter is completed without requiring the body to be sent to a trim shop for the application of the upholstery or trim thereto. This greatly reduces the cost of manufacture of the complete body, as well as the amount of handling, and is exceed-` ingly satisfactory in that the cushione units may be detached and removed or replaced whenever desired, thereby enablin the' car owner to change the color or sty e of the upholstery or trim of his car, at will.

'The subject matter -set forth in this application is divided from my pending application Serial No. 73,628 filed Jan. 22, 1916.

While I have shown and described a specific structure of cushion .0r upholstery frame unit, it is to be understood that my invention is not to be limited or restricted to the details of structure and features shown and described.

Having now set forth the objects and nature of my invention, and a construction embodying the principles thereof, what I claim as new and useful and of my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An automobile body shell, including seat back and side portions made up of a sheet metal stamping pressed to the required shape and contour and having its upper edge turned inwardly'and formed into an inverted channel, and an upholstery or cushion frame unit engaged at its upper edge in said channel and means to detachably press said upper edge upwardly into said channel.

2. An automobile body shell, including seat back and side portions made up of a sheet metal stamping pressed to the required shape and'contour, and having its upper edge formed into an inwardly extended inverted channel, and a fiexible upholstery or cushion frame unit and means to detachably press the upper edge of said cushion frame unit upwardly into said channel.

3. An automobile body shell, including seat back and side portions made up of a sheet metal stamping pressed to the required shape and contour and having its upper edge turned inwardly and formed into an inverted channel, and an upholstery or cushion frame unit having its upper edge received in said channel and means to vertically press and detachably retain .fsaid' frame in position.

4. An automobile body shell, including seat back and side portions made upof a sheet metal stamping pressed to the required shape and contour and having its upper edge turned inwardly and formed into an inverted channel, and an upholstery or cushion frame unit having its upper edge received in said channel and a vertically ad- ]ustable support for the. loweredge of said frame.

5. An automobile body Shell, including seat back and side portions made u of a sheet metal stamping pressed to tlie required shape and contour and having its upper edge formed into an inverted channel, and an upholstery or cushion frame unit havng its upper edge received in said channel, and a pivotally mounted longitudinal adjustable support for the lower edge of said frame.

6. An automobile body member having an inverted channel at its upper edge and a turne flange at its Upper ege in cmbinaing witnesses, on this Eth ay of March, .M tion With a seat back cushion frame unit an D., 1916. means to removably support the upper edge of said frame unit for vertical movement JOSEPH LEDWINKA' against said flange. Witnesses:

In testimony Whereof I have hereunto A. H. BUXIBAUM,

set my hand in the presencg of the subscrib- L. R. Hwaw. 

